Tropical Storm Hanna Takes Aim At Southern Bahamas

Tropical Storm Hanna power to disturb and the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials of Nassau in South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuation as it moves north and develops into a hurricane.

The storm, with winds near 65 mph, to the northwest after continuing for days near Haiti, where it caused floods which 26 people slain. Bahamas National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest cancelled all leave for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, so our soldiers are on stand-by for the disaster response. "I urge the public to take necessary precautions," Turnquest said during a press conference Wednesday. Hanna was aimed at the heart of this archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, islanders have also been followed by two other storms churning to the west in the ocean, including Ike, who grew rapidly late Wednesday evening in a fierce Category 4 hurricane With winds near 135 mph (215 kph).

Ike was bustling road in the Atlantic Ocean, 610 miles (980 kilometers) north-east of the Leeward Islands, and forecasters said it was still too early to say whether it is a threat to the earth. It is moving west-northwest at 17 mph (28 kph). Ike is the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season, which runs from June 1 to 30 november. The other two are Bertha and Gustav.

Forecasters say Josephine, tropical storm behind Ike, is weakened. "We have three of them on the road. We just have to be prepared," said Frank Augustin, a 47-year old practice, the store manager, as he bought 10 five-gallon jugs of water under a blue sky with a deposit of Nassau.

Only a few dozen of the Bahamas' 700 islands are inhabited around, but they are close to the sea and have little natural protection. In the south, Hanna found electricity on the island of Mayaguana and the forced closure of some small airports, including Long Island and Acklins Island.

The storm is expected to only near or above the central Bahamas on Thursday before reaching hurricane strength. But the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned its scope to expand, with tropical storm winds extending up to 290 miles (465 kilometers) from the centre.

"Hanna has become a major tropical cyclone," said the centre.

End Wednesday evening, Hanna was centered 355 miles (575 kilometers) south-east of Nassau, Bahamas. The hurricane center said Hanna was moving north-northwest of 13 mph (20 kph) and could become a hurricane on Thursday. The hurricane center said a hurricane watch may be required for some of the south estern United States early Thursday.

Long distance call forecasts for the storm to hit anywhere from Georgia to North Carolina on Saturday and curve along the eastern coast of the United States. The storm drenched the Turks and Caicos Islands and Puerto Rico, but the most sown chaos in the storm-las Haiti, where the flooded west of the city of Gonaives.